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Rambi80 on 12 May 2014
daredevil.shark said:
Microsoft gave insomniac what they wanted. Freedom to be independent, ownership of the IP and resources. What else can be this good.

They may also actually have a half-decent marketing campaign around the game. Sony sends a lot of stuff out to die. Still sucks that i wont get to play it though. Not gonna get an Xbox one  anytime soon.



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HipHopGodd on 12 May 2014

I think you're all reading too far into this whole thing.



DonFerrari on 13 May 2014
J_Allard said:
DonFerrari said:
J_Allard said:
DonFerrari said:

If of course financials were the bigger part and then IP ownership, and both are kept out and just summarized as "MS is better partner then Sony" how can you say they were precise?

Previously feeding hand just if they decide not to keep releasing content financed by Sony.

Who knows how big a piece of the pie financials were. How much more precise can they be than saying MS gave them a better deal?

They can partner with Sony for another R&C game and it is irrelevant to this project. MS is the feeding hand here.

More precise saying not that they partnered with MS because they are great partners but because they were the only willing to support them in their terms? (If they decide not to say about the finances specific).

I'll repeat that my only problem in his comment was when asked why the game won't release on PS4 and the answer being because MS are terrific partners. Maybe that was taken out of context or the guy rushed to answer, but certainly seems disrespectful.

Isn't that just splitting hairs? "MS are terrific partners" and "MS was the only one willing to give the support we needed"? If I was of the mind to think the first comment was "disrespectful", I certainly would think the second was equally if not more disrespectful.

More importantly, again, what do you think this actually means to Sony? Do you think Kaz or whoever runs SCEA now (assuming dumb ass Tretton is gone already, he might still be there) were angry when they read that? "Blah is an awesome partner" is pretty much the standard line given by any developer to their publisher. It's not like if Sony was thinking of doing another R&C, they'd blow Insomniac off because of this.

I actually think the second option is less disrespectful, and yes in the end the message is basically the same but more polite.

And sure Sony High Execs aren't heart broken or mad at it, I'm not mad at them as well and I hope their game end up being great, just think they could have done a better job in the message.



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kinisking on 13 May 2014

bungie is doing the same thing almost.



Ltd predictions by the time 9th Gen comes out

Ps4:110million

Xbox one :75 million( was 65) 

Wii u: 20 milliion

DogRemag on 13 May 2014

The game will flop anyway so it does not matter. Xbox fans will not support this game, especially with Halo, Destiny and COD coming right after. Insomniac is on the verge of going bankrupt.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 13 May 2014
iceboy151 said:
badgenome said:

Since Microsoft is feeding them now, no, they aren't.

I can understand why they're so keen on owning their IPs now. It has to suck that everything they worked on for the past decade plus belongs to Sony. That said, Insomniac aren't what they used to be and the footage of Sunset Overdrive is really disappointing to me.


Really? I feel like all their past games are garbage. This is the only game of theirs that's interesting.

Are you serious? They've made great games for Sony for over twenty years. Spyro, Ratchet and Clank were awesome! Everything they've been doing for Sony basically had culminated in this game. 



iceboy151 on 13 May 2014
S.T.A.G.E. said:
iceboy151 said:
badgenome said:

Since Microsoft is feeding them now, no, they aren't.

I can understand why they're so keen on owning their IPs now. It has to suck that everything they worked on for the past decade plus belongs to Sony. That said, Insomniac aren't what they used to be and the footage of Sunset Overdrive is really disappointing to me.


Really? I feel like all their past games are garbage. This is the only game of theirs that's interesting.

Are you serious? They've made great games for Sony for over twenty years. Spyro, Ratchet and Clank were awesome! Everything they've been doing for Sony basically had culminated in this game. 

Damn!!! I can't have an opinion? I liked none of their games. That's MY OPINION.



 

                          

 

S.T.A.G.E. on 13 May 2014
DogRemag said:
The game will flop anyway so it does not matter. Xbox fans will not support this game, especially with Halo, Destiny and COD coming right after. Insomniac is on the verge of going bankrupt.


Yes they will support this game. Dead Rising made profit. This game is essemtially Dead Rising with a touch of insomniac. More of the same but whatever. It will be fun.